Fresh off the high of ending a bruising legal battle with Apple (terms undisclosed), HTC’s Peter Chou may have had good reason to feel strong. It was the CEO himself, according to a company statement, who led settlement negotiations with...

In the past two years, the wireless industry has turned into a minefield of patent lawsuits. While dozens of companies have been involved in litigation, Apple has been at the center of about 60 percent of the major mobile cases,...